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it's also a progressive tax, unlike the current flat tax it's a tax that exempts small businesses that have revenues of less than a million dollars but it also increases taxes for our most successful and our largest businesses. then the last thing i will mention, it is a tax that will help to recoup the revenues that we lost 10 years ago to make sure we have money for affordable housing, for muni, public safetying and public health . >> starchild, why do you think we should vote against this proposition? >> i agree with everything supervisor chiu said about payroll tax. if this measure were revenue neutral, if it were substituting a gross receipts tax for a tax on payroll, the libertarian party would have supported it. but unfortunately some people at city hall got greedy and so the measure is actually a 25.8 million dollars a year tax increase. during a recetion, people are suffering, many people unemployed, many people in san francisco are earning minimum wage, thousands of course on our streets. it's the wrong time to be raising taxes on businesses because the largest employers, of
it's also a progressive tax, unlike the current flat tax it's a tax that exempts small businesses that have revenues of less than a million dollars but it also increases taxes for our most successful and our largest businesses. then the last thing i will mention, it is a tax that will help to recoup the revenues that we lost 10 years ago to make sure we have money for affordable housing, for muni, public safetying and public health . >> starchild, why do you think we should vote against...
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, parcel tax, floor tax, a lot more regulation. do you really want that? are you ready for that? unreal. i don't think the middle class and san francisco can pay that. i am not sure the rich can pay that. we have to go back to 0-based budgeting. i know that is foreign to everybody appear, but it is worth every penny goes to zero. that is how we increased revenue 40%. it would have to jump-start business by reducing the unnecessary fees, red tape that is precluding and stopping businesses from working in san francisco. is that simple. the revenue will come in. we have to do something like reducing the parking meter rates so local businesses to be patronized. this is not rocket science. if i sit here and tell you i will add another tax, i am just conning you, and i am not about doing this. i have too many years in this business. pinky. -- thank you. >> i had the good fortune of working with supervisor chu, and he says on the 10% of the businesses pay payroll tax and san francisco. we're the only city and state of california that has
, parcel tax, floor tax, a lot more regulation. do you really want that? are you ready for that? unreal. i don't think the middle class and san francisco can pay that. i am not sure the rich can pay that. we have to go back to 0-based budgeting. i know that is foreign to everybody appear, but it is worth every penny goes to zero. that is how we increased revenue 40%. it would have to jump-start business by reducing the unnecessary fees, red tape that is precluding and stopping businesses from...
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fee versus tax. the fact is the fee is a tax. i think there is a huge marketing issue here, this idea that there is a class of businesses that do not pay a tax. you actually get oa fee. that part is covered and you pay incrementally. i wish there would be disc ussion. this is not about the flat tax. then at some level, you kick into a progressive tax. once you hit an extra dollar of revenue, it generates new prague -- new profit. if you are operating below the profitability, but does not necessarily generate more profit. so, i think that's been a big misconception, and it's been used to try to derail the progress we're trying to make. if you guys can help us with that, that would be great. >> in fact, that is true in both schedules that have been proposed. and the question is, what should that increment be at the low end? 2000% increase at the high-end seems a bit much. >> i agree. i think there should be plenty of room for exceptions where this was not to be an opportunistic land grab or revenue grab, if you will. to put the hur
fee versus tax. the fact is the fee is a tax. i think there is a huge marketing issue here, this idea that there is a class of businesses that do not pay a tax. you actually get oa fee. that part is covered and you pay incrementally. i wish there would be disc ussion. this is not about the flat tax. then at some level, you kick into a progressive tax. once you hit an extra dollar of revenue, it generates new prague -- new profit. if you are operating below the profitability, but does not...
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payment has been in the form of property taxes and other taxes. we do not feel we should pay for them the second time. or in this case, a first time, because the board of supervisors had already passed two ordinances at the board, the law pieces of legislation that pay for exactly the street repairs. one was $40 million. another was $42 million in the past couple of years. not only that, but this is a general obligation bond. general obligation bonds are supposed to be a one-time fix. this is not a one-time fix. this is maintenance. >> proponents argue that regardless of where the funding comes from, if we do not fix our streets now, the cost to implement these fixes will go up exponentially in the next, say, 10 years. how do you respond to that assertion? >> the streets of san francisco are terrible. they are the worst i have ever driven on. i am sure the department transportation agrees. i do not know it because will rise -- if the costs will rise in the next 10 years. i think it is important we do fix this ries. the money that has been allocate
payment has been in the form of property taxes and other taxes. we do not feel we should pay for them the second time. or in this case, a first time, because the board of supervisors had already passed two ordinances at the board, the law pieces of legislation that pay for exactly the street repairs. one was $40 million. another was $42 million in the past couple of years. not only that, but this is a general obligation bond. general obligation bonds are supposed to be a one-time fix. this is...
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we are taxing work the barely taxing wealth region but barely tax and wealth. that is the wrong priority. -- we're taxing work but barely taxing wealth. the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant. there is a group of patriotic millionaires. it is the belief that you owe backe to a country that has helped to make you what you are. steve jobs -- we had a tough column in the last issue. it was tough not about apple labor practices in china. here you had a man of great wealth was talking about cutting taxes and never really gave of his philanthropic wealth. poor bill gates, he gets nailed for being so square. you can disagree with some things. but
we are taxing work the barely taxing wealth region but barely tax and wealth. that is the wrong priority. -- we're taxing work but barely taxing wealth. the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of...
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parts taxes. you can see that we are expecting the level of property transfer taxes to be modestly higher than the future. so, we do not see that overheated level continuing, approximately 10% of of that piece in the second year budget. supervisor chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i thought that we had seen a dip from the six month report to the nine month report. >> so, these are -- we actually, at the nine month mark, we expected growth related to property taxes in the fiscal year. this is really driven by a handful of factors. number one, prop. 13 does not contain inflation factors where in any year the property tax rolls rose by 2%. for the last several years, inflation has been under 2%. for the coming two years, we will have our usual 2% automatic adjustment for the currently assessed properties in the city. the assessor's work through a bf supplementals pending from prior years. we are expecting that to continue. in particular, in the first year. and we are assuming hear some recov
parts taxes. you can see that we are expecting the level of property transfer taxes to be modestly higher than the future. so, we do not see that overheated level continuing, approximately 10% of of that piece in the second year budget. supervisor chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i thought that we had seen a dip from the six month report to the nine month report. >> so, these are -- we actually, at the nine month mark, we expected growth related to property taxes in the fiscal...
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that is to move our payroll tax to gross receipt tax and why? because by doing that we can create jobs in san francisco and keep people in san francisco . the kids are growing up and we want them to stay but we need jobs. i agree with mr. crowley with the police force and make sure that is fully staffed and i have been speaking to the police athletic league and they have a program to breen the teenagers to be interns in the police force and they would feed into the police cadet program. thank you. >> thank you sir. the next question the city's liabilities are projected to increase in the next coming year. s what new or increased fees should it institute and i will repeat the question and we will begin with mr. crowley. >> i would say that one of the bigger things that we will have before us is the gross receipts tax check that norman talked about trading from the payroll tax which is punitive. the next thing i would do is increase the foot print on mos sony center and that brings in a lot of money to the general fund and erect a multi-purpose ar
that is to move our payroll tax to gross receipt tax and why? because by doing that we can create jobs in san francisco and keep people in san francisco . the kids are growing up and we want them to stay but we need jobs. i agree with mr. crowley with the police force and make sure that is fully staffed and i have been speaking to the police athletic league and they have a program to breen the teenagers to be interns in the police force and they would feed into the police cadet program. thank...
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in this weird stock option tax. talk about the things that you and the board has accomplished. >> certainly, when i came to office, there was already a notice on my desk that twitter had indicated that they were looking for space science out the san francisco because of our tax structure. so we worked quickly would supervisor kim and david chiu to study it the payroll tax structure was job-punishing. we realized that as companies started here, they wanted to grow. the numbers were speaking to us. twitter was sitting there were going to grow from about four hundred employees took maybe 3000 in the next two years. all of that was going to be taxed on them, and they wanted to maybe look at another location without that. >> so it twitter did not want to pay taxes. >> no, there were willing to pay the taxes, but they did not want to be punished further growth was the distinction we wanted to make it a we work with supervisor kim to do two things. let's create an exemption and place it on one of the areas we want to revit
in this weird stock option tax. talk about the things that you and the board has accomplished. >> certainly, when i came to office, there was already a notice on my desk that twitter had indicated that they were looking for space science out the san francisco because of our tax structure. so we worked quickly would supervisor kim and david chiu to study it the payroll tax structure was job-punishing. we realized that as companies started here, they wanted to grow. the numbers were...
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proposition g would increase the sales tax rate by 0.5% for a total tax rate of 9%. this would only happen if the state does not increase the sales tax by either 1% before november 30, 2011 or 0.75% before january 1, 2015. the city would pass a tax increase to pay for public safety programs and the other half for programs for children and seniors. the city will start collecting this additional sales tax on april 1, 2012. it would apply for 10 years. prior to july 1, san francisco had the sales tax rate of 9.5%. the city decreased by 1% when it allowed to expire. san francisco only gets a fraction of this 8.5% sales tax. 7.25% goes to this day, the city receiving about 1%. -- goes to the state, the city receiving about 1%. i'm here with -- thank you for being here. please tell us why you are in favor of proposition g. >> i believe the low income children, seniors, firefighters, and police officers are worth half a cent. it will restore funding that was cut from these programs. proposition g " restore $30 million so the children will have a better start in life and a b
proposition g would increase the sales tax rate by 0.5% for a total tax rate of 9%. this would only happen if the state does not increase the sales tax by either 1% before november 30, 2011 or 0.75% before january 1, 2015. the city would pass a tax increase to pay for public safety programs and the other half for programs for children and seniors. the city will start collecting this additional sales tax on april 1, 2012. it would apply for 10 years. prior to july 1, san francisco had the sales...
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we are taxing work the barely taxing wealth region but barely tax and wealth. that is the wrong priority. -- we're taxing work but barely taxing wealth. the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant.
we are taxing work the barely taxing wealth region but barely tax and wealth. that is the wrong priority. -- we're taxing work but barely taxing wealth. the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of...
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Ñi-it was a way to make sure tht the homeowner was never taxed. tax reasons. i still think that that reason ó%Ñis very good. i'd think the jobless folks understood this. corporate tax loophole in the state history. burdenljw in terms of paying property taxes on commercial property owners to ho[á)p&e%ei i also see that here in san francisco,j÷ where they paid [unintelligible] over 40%. 6clwe have seen the greatest amt of commercial property developmentp0 -- aú;z few years, it didn't exist. the towers did not exist. "tñmission they did not exist. of those properties#yat were developed for commercial purposes were much smaller buildings. = boom of our time, how is it ossible if the population stayed flat? commercial property owners are now paying a ;sm- tax burden? >> there6n loopholes -- ó answer is, there are loopholes. 3t2they can hire and much better accountant than you or i can. béqthere is almost no way that a homeowner can escape reassessment because we want to get taken off of theq deep unles we want to give it to our children. Ñ property owners
Ñi-it was a way to make sure tht the homeowner was never taxed. tax reasons. i still think that that reason ó%Ñis very good. i'd think the jobless folks understood this. corporate tax loophole in the state history. burdenljw in terms of paying property taxes on commercial property owners to ho[á)p&e%ei i also see that here in san francisco,j÷ where they paid [unintelligible] over 40%. 6clwe have seen the greatest amt of commercial property developmentp0 -- aú;z few years, it didn't...
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so far, the tax code is really segmented largely for personal and business taxes. the sharing economy presents a nuanced situation. individuals are not businesses but are enjoying a new stream of income. we are interested in having that conversation in a way where we can use the new economy to benefit the city as well as individuals who are proactively taking all entrepreneurship in their own hands to leverage their own resources and knowledge to supplement their income. >> at task rabbit, we're looking to partner with the city and generate more awareness around what we do and how consumers and small businesses can get involved. we have a lot of small businesses utilizing the network as a delivery force or on demand labor force, particularly with seasonal businesses. they do not want to have to hire a bunch of full-time employees for a month or two of work. they're able to utilize the task private network to scale up and down. another case we see is for deliveries. suzy cakes uses task rabbit to get her goodies out. these tasks rabbits are using their own vehicles
so far, the tax code is really segmented largely for personal and business taxes. the sharing economy presents a nuanced situation. individuals are not businesses but are enjoying a new stream of income. we are interested in having that conversation in a way where we can use the new economy to benefit the city as well as individuals who are proactively taking all entrepreneurship in their own hands to leverage their own resources and knowledge to supplement their income. >> at task...
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the website has the tax exclusion application. it also has a space location service through a partnership with rofo.com. it is actually free to list space for lease and free to search for space for lease. it also has news, events and other things related to central market. it is the one-stop shop for everything happening in this neighborhood. >> how do you envision it being used? >> i envision it being used by, offense, companies that are interested in moving here, that have heard about it, that might normally call us. you are still welcome to call us, but we can also direct you to a site that has a number of listings of space available. i hope that property owners and brokers would use it as well, although there are other services out there of. this will be free for them to post any space available on central market. those are two examples. but it is also for folks who want to go to arts events. we have a calendar we are populating. anyone who has businesses who have promotions, we can boast it all. >> the idea of having this onl
the website has the tax exclusion application. it also has a space location service through a partnership with rofo.com. it is actually free to list space for lease and free to search for space for lease. it also has news, events and other things related to central market. it is the one-stop shop for everything happening in this neighborhood. >> how do you envision it being used? >> i envision it being used by, offense, companies that are interested in moving here, that have heard...
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you know i think that the gross revenue tax is a progressive tax and that tax would allow new businesses, small businesses able to flourish so we have something to look forward to with that. that being said treasure island seems to me a car dependent project and unless you have a ferry that is going there and dropping you off, but that would be somewhat time consuming. the same is true with hunter's point and the problem is there isn't a lot of transportation near there. the trances bay terminal next to bart, next to cal train this is a great project and has so much commuter friendly things going on there, and as far as i am concerned when it comes to development in san francisco it's got to stop. >> all right. thank you sir. >> there are three parts of the economy, the consumer, the investment and the government. the only reason thing that has grown on a rapid rate is the government. the government gets their revenues through taxation or borrowing money. the problem is the regulations are hurting small businesses. 2/3 of all jobs are created by small business which are considered -- cha
you know i think that the gross revenue tax is a progressive tax and that tax would allow new businesses, small businesses able to flourish so we have something to look forward to with that. that being said treasure island seems to me a car dependent project and unless you have a ferry that is going there and dropping you off, but that would be somewhat time consuming. the same is true with hunter's point and the problem is there isn't a lot of transportation near there. the trances bay...
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we do not need to increase payroll taxes, sales taxes, we do not need to increase hotel taxes in this city. we need to streamline our bureaucracy, invest in cutting taxes like we did in biotech, now we have 60 companies here. like we did in green technology. we are the envy of the nation in terms of breed technologies. going after digital arts companies, design companies. these remarkable new companies that are all moving to san francisco. that is all from my -- the board would call it petulance -- but i call it passion. i feel strongly. i am a progressive when it comes to social issues, you know this, but i am a pro-jobs democrat. you cannot be that and the anti business. we need to invest in business. i hope you invest some time in this year's ballot and consider who the pro-jobs candidate is for supervisor. this is not to scare you. we are moving in the right direction against long odds. but it can easily tip. ideology is too strong in this town. you have these publications, blogs, op edge, and it is as if nothing matters what happens in city hall, alway what one person is thinking
we do not need to increase payroll taxes, sales taxes, we do not need to increase hotel taxes in this city. we need to streamline our bureaucracy, invest in cutting taxes like we did in biotech, now we have 60 companies here. like we did in green technology. we are the envy of the nation in terms of breed technologies. going after digital arts companies, design companies. these remarkable new companies that are all moving to san francisco. that is all from my -- the board would call it...
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tax. as all of you know, governor brown is attempting to extend the sales tax to make sure that the programs in the state can continue to be funded. we would like to introduce a local sales tax as an insurance and only as an insurance to make sure that if governor brown and the state of california is not able to extend that tax, either with its failure to be introduced or the failure of the election in november, that we will offer not an additional tax, not a new tax, but a tax to recover one half cent of the 1 cent a stabilization. on july 1, should the sales tax drop from 9.5% to 8.5%, and should the state be unable to extend that tax, our sales tax would ask the public by 2/3 vote to bring an approval for a local half-cent sales tax. during the sales tax to 9%. it would only take effect if the sales reduction fails to go through or does go through and the state tax is unable to be extended. this is a safety valve. it is one that will protect the core city services against the uncertaint
tax. as all of you know, governor brown is attempting to extend the sales tax to make sure that the programs in the state can continue to be funded. we would like to introduce a local sales tax as an insurance and only as an insurance to make sure that if governor brown and the state of california is not able to extend that tax, either with its failure to be introduced or the failure of the election in november, that we will offer not an additional tax, not a new tax, but a tax to recover one...